1+ hour, 38+ min ago  (560+ words) Amber Groves, a 1st grade teacher at Wylie West Elementary in Abilene, has been selected as the Abilene Reporter-News/Abilene Teachers Federal Credit Union "Amazing Teacher" of the Month. Christina Field nominated Groves, crediting her with transforming her daughter Autumn's experience…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago  (12+ words) Photos show high school students in Abilene protesting ICE enforcement'Abilene Reporter-News...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago  (522+ words) ABILENE " In a surprising announcement, John Kuhn, the superintendent of Abilene Independent School District, revealed his intention to resign at the end of the school year. Kuhn, who has served as the Abilene ISD superintendent the past two years, announced…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (359+ words) After two years on the job, Abilene ISD Superintendent John Kuhn is leaving his position. In a media release sent Monday, Kuhn explained his decision by detailing a heart attack he experienced Dec. 30. "I suffered a serious heart attack " a…...

2+ week, 15+ hour ago  (692+ words) Education was the topic for state House District 71 representative candidates recently in Abilene. The Public Education Candidate Forum was held Tuesday night at McMurry University and was sponsored by Raise Your Hand Texas, a nonpartisan public education advocacy group sponsored…...

3+ week, 8+ hour ago  (245+ words) McMurry University celebrated record spring 2026 enrollment as January closed. In a media release, the 102 year-old university announced the 3,948 students were the latest example of an upward trend over the last few years. From spring 2023s enrollment of 1,244 students, then 2,237 in spring…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (438+ words) Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said the comptroller can exclude private schools from the state's new voucher program if they violate laws banning material support for foreign terrorist organizations or restricting certain foreign ownership. The opinion comes in response to…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (529+ words) Kallie Pringle, a teacher at Alcorta Elementary School in Abilene, was selected as the Abilene Reporter-News/Abilene Teachers Federal Credit Union Amazing Teacher of the Month " as well as the national honoree. The fifth-grade math teacher at Alcorta Elementary School…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (288+ words) Abilene will remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Sunday and Monday. The civil rights leader's 97th birthday is Jan. 15. The celebration of King starts at 6 p.m. Sunday evening with the Abilene Black Chamber of Commerce's 32nd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Banquet…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (616+ words) Some things never make it to the paper. It's not for a lack of trying but most of the time that extra info isn't missed. But occasionally some leftover conversations linger in my mind after the story is put to…...